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Shortcut

Green Ski Smithers, BC

Steepest pitch12°
Vertical94 ft
Length966 ft
Average pitch6°
FacesSE
Top5,072 ft

Shortcut drops 94 vertical feet over 966 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 12° about 490 feet below the top. That's steeper than 31% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 15th steepest of 16 named runs at Ski Smithers. It faces southeast.

How well Shortcut holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 6°, Shortcut gets about 131% of the winter sun that flat ground at Ski Smithers does, December through March. That's sunnier than 93% of the runs we've measured, and the 20th sunniest named run at Ski Smithers. Its top sits at 5,070 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Shortcut profile

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Where it is on the mountain

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Nearby at Ski Smithers

Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter lidar from Natural Resources Canada. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap and can sit a little off the skied path.